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STAFF PICK: This Renaissance painting depicts a haunting scene from Boccaccio’s “Decameron.” Each figure, including the ghost in the foreground, plays an important role in the story. Click to learn more.

“Banquet Scene from the Tale of Nastagio degli Onesti, in Boccaccio’s ‘Decameron,’” late 15th century, by David Ghirlandaio 

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